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Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work
Special Focus on the Writings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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2024
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Posthumous Editing of a Great Master's Work: Special Focus on the Writings of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda examines how a leading figure's hallowed written and published works, which remain so important to the religious community, should be editorially treated following the leader's departure from this world. The volume addresses the theological, ethical, social, and legal implications of posthumous editing—and even improving—a great master's works.
This book focuses on the extensive posthumous editing of the works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the original world-teacher of Krishna bhakti of the twentieth century. After Swami Prabhupāda departed from this world, some of his disciples, without the expressed approval of the author, attempted to improve on his authorized published work, which resulted in the publication of a continuing series of inauthentic altered editions. This extreme editing of Swami Prabhupāda's works precipitated the scholarly research and inquiry into the posthumous editing of a great master's work that forms the basis of this book.
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Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-66693-947-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-3948-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
242
Product type
Edited Book
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Dedication No access
Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
Chapter 1: On Revealing the Face of Truth No access Pages 9 - 32
Chapter 2: The Posthumous Editing of the Books of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda No access Pages 33 - 52
Chapter 3: Posthumous Editing and the Privilege of the Sages No access Pages 53 - 78
Chapter 4: On Restoring the 1972 Edition of the Bhagavad Gītā As It Is No access Pages 79 - 82
Chapter 5: Issues Pertaining to the Editing of Prabhupāda’s Books No access Pages 83 - 90
Chapter 6: Los Angeles Devotees’ Responses to ISKCON’s Post-Charismatic Editing Crisis No access Pages 91 - 126
Chapter 7: Challenges in Constituting the Written Works of a Post-Mortem Author No access Pages 127 - 138
Chapter 8: Guru, Śāstra, Anubhava: The Triumvirate of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Authority No access Pages 139 - 150
Chapter 9: Let the Master Speak!: Issues of Textual Translation, Organization, and Interpretation in the Tradition of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda No access Pages 151 - 158
Chapter 11: The Acharya’s Copyrights: Legal Implications of Irresponsible Publishing No access Pages 179 - 192
Chapter 12: Framing the Master’s Work: On the Theo-Literary Method for Preserving the Completed Writings of the Departed Spiritual Preceptor No access Pages 193 - 226
